Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand.- Buddhist temple
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …is not wheelchair accessible
- Opening hours:
8:30 AM–3:30 PM
8:30–4:30 PM - Description: Royal temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand
- Address: Na Phra Lan Road, 10200
- Also known as“Grand Palace Bangkok Temple”“Temple of the Emerald Buddha”“Wat Phra Kaeo”“Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram”“Wat Phrasri Rattana Sasadaram”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Khao San Road and Grand Palace.
Grand Palace
The Grand Palace is a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. Grand Palace is situated 240 metres southwest of Wat Phra Kaew.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bangkok and Rattanakosin.
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Wat Phra Kaew
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Latitude
13.75151° or 13° 45′ 5″ north
Longitude
100.49269° or 100° 29′ 34″ east
Open location code
7P52QF2V+J3
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Wat Phra Kaew” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Arabic: “وات برا كايو”
- Armenian: “Վատ Փհրաքեի”
- Asturian: “Templu del Buda d’Esmeralda”
- Asturian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Basque: “Esmeraldako Budaren tenplua”
- Basque: “Esmeraldazko Budaren tenplua”
- Basque: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Bhojpuri: “वाट फ्रा किउ”
- Burmese: “ဝက်ဖရာကဲ”
- Burmese: “ဝတ်ဖရာကဲ”
- Catalan: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Chinese: “曼谷玉佛寺”
- Chinese: “玉佛寺”
- Czech: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
- Danish: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Dutch: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Esperanto: “Ŭat Fra Kaeŭ”
- Finnish: “Smaragdibuddhan temppeli”
- Finnish: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
- French: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
- French: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Galician: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- German: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
- German: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- German: “Wat Phra Keo”
- German: “Wat Phra Si Rattana Sadsadaram”
- Greek: “Ουατ Πρα Κέου”
- Hebrew: “ואט פרה קוו”
- Hebrew: “מקדש בודהה האמרלד”
- Hindi: “वाट फ्रा केव”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Budha Zamrud”
- Indonesian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Indonesian: “Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram”
- Indonesian: “วัดพระแก้ว”
- Indonesian: “วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม”
- Italian: “Tempio del Buddha di Smeraldo”
- Italian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Japanese: “エメラルド寺院”
- Japanese: “ワット・シーラッタナーサーサダーラーム”
- Japanese: “ワット・プラケーオ”
- Japanese: “ワット・プラケオ”
- Khmer: “វត្តព្រះកែវ”
- Korean: “에메랄드 부처 사원”
- Korean: “에메랄드 사원”
- Korean: “왓 프라 깨오”
- Korean: “왓 프라 깨우”
- Korean: “왓 프라깨우&왕궁”
- Lao: “ວັດພຣະແກ້ວ”
- Lao: “ວັດພຣະສຣີຣັຕນະສາສດາຣາມ”
- Lao: “ວັດພະແກ້ວ”
- Lao: “ວັດພະສີລັດຕະນະສາດສະດາຮາມ”
- Latvian: “Vatprakevs”
- Luxembourgish: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
- Macedonian: “Ват Пра Кео”
- Malay: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wat phra gaew”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Norwegian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Panjabi: “ਵਾਟ ਫਰਾ ਕੇਓ”
- Persian: “معبد وات پو”
- Polish: “Świątynia Szmaragdowego Buddy”
- Polish: “Wat Phra Kaew w Bangkoku”
- Polish: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Portuguese: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Portuguese: “Wat phra keo”
- Russian: “Ват Пхра Кео”
- Russian: “Ват Пхракэу”
- Russian: “Храм Изумрудного Будды”
- Slovenian: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Spanish: “Templo del Buda de Esmeralda”
- Spanish: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Tagalog: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Tamil: “வாட் பிரசிறீ ரத்தின சசாதரம்”
- Thai: “วัดพระแก้ว”
- Thai: “วัดพระแก้วมรกต”
- Thai: “วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม”
- Turkish: “Vat Phrakeo”
- Ukrainian: “Ват Пхра Кео”
- Urdu: “وات پھرا کائو”
- Vietnamese: “Chùa Phật ngọc Bangkok”
- Vietnamese: “Chùa Phra Kaew”
- Vietnamese: “Wat Phra Kaew”
- Welsh: “Wat Phra Kaeo”
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